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DFDS orders its largest freight ferries ever

OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Denmark’s DFDS has signed a contract with China’s Jinling shipyard for two 235 m RO/RO cargo ships, each with a lane meter capacity of 6,700 m, corresponding to

Luerssen acquires Blohm+Voss

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 — Hamburg’s iconic Blohm+Voss shipyard is being acquired by family-owned and Bremen-based shipbuilder Luerssen. Since its 2012 sale by ThyssenKrupp AG, Blohm + Voss has been a portfolio company

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Future USS Zumwalt suffers engineering casualty

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 — The Navy’s most technologically advanced surface ship, the future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), has suffered an engineering casualty, reports the U.S. Naval Institute The next-generation destroyer, which left

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Ten-year old Panamax box ship sold for scrap

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 — This will interest those who think that a return to a healthier container market will require ever-younger ships to be demolished: It’s starting to happen. According to the

Conrad to build crane barge for USACE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 — Morgan City, LA, headquartered Conrad Shipyard has been awarded a contract to build a crane barge for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 300-foot by 68-foot welded